()Loyalty and Betrayal

More than ten days have passed in a blink of an eye...

Since a new round of storms has set off in the subspace, interstellar communication has become very difficult again. However, somewhat surprisingly, at this stall, in the Lupekar Chamber of the Vengeful Spirit

, Warmaster Horus actually received an order notification from Terra at this critical moment?

The notice said this: The Emperor ordered the Wolf King Leman Russ to go to Prospero and capture the Primarch of the Fifteenth Legion, Magnus, and asked the Wolf King Leman Russ to surrender the horse.

Gnus is taking Terra back?

And now, judging by the time when the order was issued, Wolf King Leman Russ must have assembled his entire legion in Tel Cala, and should be on his way to Prospero now.

"..."

After reading the information silently, Warmaster Horus did not rush to express his opinion, but handed it to the hands of Erebus, the chief priest of the Word Bearers.

"this!"

"The Emperor is going to send the Wolf King to capture that guy Magnus?"

Just looking at the somewhat inexplicable report, Erebus, the chief priest of the Word Bearers, felt a little surprised. He had never figured out why the emperor who was far away in Terra suddenly did what he did.

"But, what on earth is going on?"

"What did Magnus do?"

Then, he couldn't figure out the key or reason, so he had to put down the order and turned to look at Horus.

Come to think of it!

These believers in Chaos have not yet begun to formally raise the banner of rebellion against the Empire and the false emperor, but now, the Emperor actually took the initiative to attack Magnus and the opponent's 15th Legion. What the hell is going on?

What's going on?

If he remembered correctly, Magnus didn't seem to be one of their own, right?

"I'm not very clear about this either..."

"but……"

After frowning and thinking for a while, the Warmaster told what he knew:

"My people in Terra told me that it seems that Magnus used some kind of powerful psychic spell, which actually penetrated the underground of the Terra Palace and opened up the subspace, allowing

A large number of warp daemons pouring out of the gap?"

"That situation made the emperor very angry. Now the Imperial Guards are busy sealing the gap. It must be because of that, right?"

"It makes me feel a little unbelievable to say the least!"

"Magnus's spiritual energy is so powerful that now there is a subspace storm in the entire universe. With communications being affected, he can actually use spells to reach the palace of Terra..."

"I don't know if he told the emperor something at that time?"

Thinking of Magnus and his advice when he met him in the subspace, Horus couldn't help but look a little ugly.

There is no doubt that Magnus knew about his contract with Chaos and the so-called 'corruption', and the reason why the other party did this must be to warn their father and expose him, but the other party seemed not to

Did you just mess it up?

"!!"

"That is to say..."

"Now the Emperor knows about us?"

After hearing this and only briefly analyzing it, Erebus, the chief priest of the Word Bearers, was immediately frightened, and then he couldn't help but exclaimed and felt a little worried about gains and losses.

"Not sure."

"Maybe..."

First, he glanced at Erebus with some dissatisfaction, and then thought about it for a while. In the end, Horus didn't dare to be sure, so he started to analyze:

"But since this order can still be conveyed to me, and the emperor has not completely relieved me of my duties, let alone announced that the other legions will deal with me, then I think there is a high probability that it is not known yet?"

"Of course, I can't guarantee it!"

"Maybe the current subspace storm has caused a delay in the transmission of information. Maybe the Emperor himself is not sure, so he wants to ask Magnus in person?"

"Or maybe it's because that 'father' has other ideas?"

Come to think of it, Horus is the Warmaster of the Great Crusade Fleet, the commander-in-chief of the entire Great Crusade Fleet and all the Astartes Space Marines!

Now Magnus casually used psychic powers and penetrated a certain facility in the palace, and then kept saying that his Warmaster Horus was going to rebel and commit rebellion. That kind of thing, even if it were him, Horus, who was the Emperor,

I’m afraid you won’t believe it easily, right?

After all, after a series of deliberations, the Emperor issued an edict that all Astartes warriors should never use or study psychic energy again, otherwise they would be destroyed by the Emperor himself?

Although some legions did not implement the ban thoroughly, some people still couldn't help but use it secretly. The Thousand Sons Legion, which had evacuated from the Great Crusade and returned to its home world of Prospero, had been studying the subspace.

No one will really pursue it.

But now it's better. Magnus, who disobeyed the Emperor's orders, used his psychic powers to destroy one of the Emperor's secret projects and caused a large number of warp demons to pour out. Then he wanted to slander the Emperor and call him Horus.

The emperor's most trusted son was going to betray him. That kind of thing would sound far-fetched to anyone, and they would certainly not believe it easily.

Therefore, the Emperor planned to take a necessary and relatively prudent attitude and prepare to first capture the person involved, that is, Magnus's disobedient brother, back to Terra for questioning. This became the best and only option at the moment.

"But no matter what!"

"We are all in danger of being exposed in advance!"

Although Horus still acted like the old god was taking his time, Erebus didn't think so.

"We must think of a way!"

With that said, Erebus himself began to rack his brains and think of countermeasures.

You know, their career has just begun now, not to mention recruiting corrupted legions to join, and even the Sixteenth Legion and the 'Sons of Horus' and other Asta in the Sixty-third Fleet

The special space warriors have not unified their thoughts and completely completed the corruption. In this case, if the emperor discovers and reacts, I am afraid that the end of these people will definitely be miserable!

From what he knew about the Emperor, once the Emperor confirmed it was true, what awaited them would be the Emperor's thunderous wrath!

If the other party gives the order and the other Astartes legions to destroy them, they will definitely not show any mercy.

"What to do?"

"Think of a solution quickly!"

However, what can be done for a while? Therefore, Erebus, the chief priest of the Word Bearers, was really panicked for a while.

"Why are you panicking?"

Shaking his head, unlike Erebus' panic, Horus didn't seem to take it to heart.

"??"

"The Warmaster isn't worried at all?"

"That….."

"What are you going to do?"

Seeing Horus's appearance, Erebus, who managed to calm down slowly, couldn't help but be curious, wanting to see how the other party could break the situation at this time.

"snort!"

"Since this order can be conveyed to me, and since subspace communication continues to be affected, we have more room for maneuver."

"Don't worry, there is still room for change."

With a sneer, Warmaster Horus thought of a way to deal with it almost instantly, and slowly said his way under the surprised and uneasy eyes of Erebus:

“It’s actually very simple!”

"Since our 'father' does not fully believe in Magnus, and since I am still the Warmaster, I will issue the Emperor's new order to Wolf King Leman Russ and his Sixth Legion later.

Just change the original 'arrest warrant' for Magnus into an 'erasure order'."

"That's no big deal."

"Since we can take advantage of the opportunity and use the hands of the Emperor and the Wolf King to eliminate Magnus and the psychic warriors of the Fifteenth Legion under his command, who are a great threat to us, then why not do it?

?”

Yes!

This is what Horus thought of. In his opinion, although it was indeed a huge crisis for them, it was also an opportunity for them, that is, to separate the nosy guy Magnus and the difficult Qian under his command.

The sub-legion is a perfect opportunity to completely eliminate the guy who may become their strong enemy in the future!

Then, in doing so, you can also take the opportunity to weaken the strength of Wolf King Leman Russ, the executioner under the Emperor's command, undermine the Emperor's prestige, and make other Astartes Space Marine Legions and their Primarchs worried. That is simply

Killing two birds with one stone, there is simply no better way to deal with it.

"!!"

“Great idea!”

"As expected of a war commander, he can think of such a method!"
To be continued...